Teachers, chefs, aged carers, and Indigenous counsellors were among those Guyra employees celebrated for their outstanding work last week.
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More than 50 people attended the Rotary Club’s Pride of Workmanship Awards presentation dinner at Rafters Restaurant on Friday night.
Nine Guyra residents received the Pride of Workmanship Award this year: Taylah Brazier at Sue Ross Real Estate; Alecia Blair, Indigenous youth worker at the Hub; Matthew Frizell, teacher at St Mary of the Angels School; Norm Gooley at Costa Tomato Exchange; Jake Mayled, chef at Rafter’s; Caroline Atkins at Kolora Aged Care; Jessica Newberry, teacher at Guyra Central School; John Jackson, Guyra Men’s Shed supervisor; and Leonie Taylor, Guyra office supervisor at the New England Community College.
Rotary Club president Jenny Cumming and vocational service director David Pearson presented the awards to the recipients.
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The Guyra Rotary branch has sponsored the Awards since 2003, giving businesses an opportunity to publicly acknowledge and thank worthy employees.
“It is not a competition for the best employee — rather, it celebrates a job well done,” Rotary’s vocational service director David Pearson said. “It is a recognition by the business owner, the customers or clients, other businesses and members of our community of the important contribution made by the awardee.”
Rotary encourages and fosters high ethical standards in business and professions – a theme touched on by guest speaker Kevin Dupé, CEO of the Regional Australia Bank.
“The recent Royal Commission has unearthed some very poor behaviour in the banking sector, which shows a lack of values,” he said. “This is why we recruit for values rather than knowledge. You can teach people most things, but you can’t put in what God left out.”